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Roman Harper
Born December 11, 1982 · College Alabama · Drafted 2006, round 2, pick 43 (NO) · 6-1, 205 lb
Pro Bowl ×2 (2009, 2010)
Defence
Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).
| Season | Team | G | Tackles | Sacks | QB hits | Tackles for loss | INT | Passes defensed | Forced fumbles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | NO | 5 | 27 | 1.0 | 2 | – | 0 | – | 1 |
| 2007 | NO | 16 | 90 | 4.0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 2 |
| 2008 | NO | 15 | 89 | 0.0 | 1 | – | 0 | – | 1 |
| 2009 | NO | 16 | 103 | 2.5 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| 2009 playoffs | NO | 3 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | NO | 15 | 97 | 3.0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 |
| 2010 playoffs | NO | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | NO | 16 | 96 | 7.5 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| 2011 playoffs | NO | 2 | 14 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2012 | NO | 16 | 115 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| 2013 | NO | 9 | 39 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013 playoffs | NO | 2 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2014 | CAR | 16 | 62 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| 2014 playoffs | CAR | 1 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | CAR | 16 | 73 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 2015 playoffs | CAR | 3 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | NO | 12 | 29 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | NO | 152 | 820 | 19.0 | 44 | 35 | 11 | 67 | 15 |
Honours
Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.
| Season | Honours |
|---|---|
| 2009 | Pro Bowl |
| 2010 | Pro Bowl |
Playing time
Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.
| Season | Team | G | Offensive snaps | Share of the offence’s snaps | Defensive snaps | Share of the defence’s snaps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | NO | 13 | – | – | 299 | 35.9 |
Game logs
2016 game log (12 games)
2016 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2016-09-11 | vs LV | L 34–35 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2016-09-26 | vs ATL | L 32–45 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2016-10-02 | @ LAC | W 35–34 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2016-10-16 | vs CAR | W 41–38 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2016-10-23 | @ KC | L 21–27 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2016-11-06 | @ SF | W 41–23 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2016-11-17 | @ CAR | L 20–23 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2016-12-04 | vs DET | L 13–28 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2016-12-11 | @ TB | L 11–16 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2016-12-18 | @ ARI | W 48–41 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2016-12-24 | vs TB | W 31–24 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2017-01-01 | @ ATL | L 32–38 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2015 game log (19 games)
2015 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2015-09-13 | @ JAX | W 20–9 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2015-09-20 | vs HOU | W 24–17 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2015-09-27 | vs NO | W 27–22 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2015-10-04 | @ TB | W 37–23 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2015-10-18 | @ SEA | W 27–23 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 2015-10-25 | vs PHI | W 27–16 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2015-11-02 | vs IND | W 29–26 OT | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 2015-11-08 | vs GB | W 37–29 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 2015-11-15 | @ TEN | W 27–10 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2015-11-22 | vs WAS | W 44–16 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2015-11-26 | @ DAL | W 33–14 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2015-12-06 | @ NO | W 41–38 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2015-12-13 | vs ATL | W 38–0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 2015-12-20 | @ NYG | W 38–35 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2015-12-27 | @ ATL | L 13–20 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2016-01-03 | vs TB | W 38–10 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P19 | 2016-01-17 | vs SEA | W 31–24 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P20 | 2016-01-24 | vs ARI | W 49–15 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P21 | 2016-02-07 | @ DEN | L 10–24 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2014 game log (17 games)
2014 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2014-09-07 | @ TB | W 20–14 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2014-09-14 | vs DET | W 24–7 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2014-09-21 | vs PIT | L 19–37 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2014-09-28 | @ BAL | L 10–38 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2014-10-05 | vs CHI | W 31–24 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 2014-10-12 | @ CIN | T 37–37 OT | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | 2014-10-19 | @ GB | L 17–38 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2014-10-26 | vs SEA | L 9–13 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2014-10-30 | vs NO | L 10–28 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2014-11-10 | @ PHI | L 21–45 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 2014-11-16 | vs ATL | L 17–19 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2014-11-30 | @ MIN | L 13–31 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2014-12-07 | @ NO | W 41–10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | 2014-12-14 | vs TB | W 19–17 | 4 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2014-12-21 | vs CLE | W 17–13 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 2014-12-28 | @ ATL | W 34–3 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| P19 | 2015-01-10 | @ SEA | L 17–31 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2013 game log (11 games)
2013 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2013-09-08 | vs ATL | W 23–17 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2013-09-15 | @ TB | W 16–14 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2013-11-17 | vs SF | W 23–20 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2013-11-21 | @ ATL | W 17–13 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2013-12-02 | @ SEA | L 7–34 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2013-12-08 | vs CAR | W 31–13 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2013-12-15 | @ LA | L 16–27 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2013-12-22 | @ CAR | L 13–17 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2013-12-29 | vs TB | W 42–17 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P18 | 2014-01-04 | @ PHI | W 26–24 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| P19 | 2014-01-11 | @ SEA | L 15–23 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2012 game log (16 games)
2012 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2012-09-09 | vs WAS | L 32–40 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2012-09-16 | @ CAR | L 27–35 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2012-09-23 | vs KC | L 24–27 OT | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 2012-09-30 | @ GB | L 27–28 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2012-10-07 | vs LAC | W 31–24 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | 2012-10-21 | @ TB | W 35–28 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2012-10-28 | @ DEN | L 14–34 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 2012-11-05 | vs PHI | W 28–13 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | 2012-11-11 | vs ATL | W 31–27 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 2012-11-18 | @ LV | W 38–17 | 11 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 2012-11-25 | vs SF | L 21–31 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2012-11-29 | @ ATL | L 13–23 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2012-12-09 | @ NYG | L 27–52 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2012-12-16 | vs TB | W 41–0 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2012-12-23 | @ DAL | W 34–31 OT | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2012-12-30 | vs CAR | L 38–44 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2011 game log (18 games)
2011 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2011-09-08 | @ GB | L 34–42 | 9 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2011-09-18 | vs CHI | W 30–13 | 7 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2011-09-25 | vs HOU | W 40–33 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2011-10-02 | @ JAX | W 23–10 | 8 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2011-10-09 | @ CAR | W 30–27 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2011-10-16 | @ TB | L 20–26 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2011-10-23 | vs IND | W 62–7 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2011-10-30 | @ LA | L 21–31 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2011-11-06 | vs TB | W 27–16 | 9 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2011-11-13 | @ ATL | W 26–23 OT | 13 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 2011-11-28 | vs NYG | W 49–24 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2011-12-04 | vs DET | W 31–17 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | 2011-12-11 | @ TEN | W 22–17 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2011-12-18 | @ MIN | W 42–20 | 3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2011-12-26 | vs ATL | W 45–16 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2012-01-01 | vs CAR | W 45–17 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| P18 | 2012-01-07 | vs DET | W 45–28 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| P19 | 2012-01-14 | @ SF | L 32–36 | 8 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 |
2010 game log (16 games)
2010 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2010-09-09 | vs MIN | W 14–9 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2010-09-20 | @ SF | W 25–22 | 6 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | 2010-09-26 | vs ATL | L 24–27 OT | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2010-10-10 | @ ARI | L 20–30 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 2010-10-17 | @ TB | W 31–6 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 2010-10-24 | vs CLE | L 17–30 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2010-10-31 | vs PIT | W 20–10 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2010-11-07 | @ CAR | W 34–3 | 10 | 1.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | 2010-11-21 | vs SEA | W 34–19 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2010-11-25 | @ DAL | W 30–27 | 9 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | 2010-12-05 | @ CIN | W 34–30 | 10 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2010-12-12 | vs LA | W 31–13 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | 2010-12-19 | @ BAL | L 24–30 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2010-12-27 | @ ATL | W 17–14 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2011-01-02 | vs TB | L 13–23 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P18 | 2011-01-08 | @ SEA | L 36–41 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 game log (19 games)
2009 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2009-09-13 | vs DET | W 45–27 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 2009-09-20 | @ PHI | W 48–22 | 7 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2009-09-27 | @ BUF | W 27–7 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | 2009-10-04 | vs NYJ | W 24–10 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2009-10-18 | vs NYG | W 48–27 | 5 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 2009-10-25 | @ MIA | W 46–34 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 2009-11-02 | vs ATL | W 35–27 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | 2009-11-08 | vs CAR | W 30–20 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2009-11-15 | @ LA | W 28–23 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | 2009-11-22 | @ TB | W 38–7 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 2009-11-30 | vs NE | W 38–17 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | 2009-12-06 | @ WAS | W 33–30 OT | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2009-12-13 | @ ATL | W 26–23 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2009-12-19 | vs DAL | L 17–24 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | 2009-12-27 | vs TB | L 17–20 OT | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2010-01-03 | @ CAR | L 10–23 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P19 | 2010-01-16 | vs ARI | W 45–14 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P20 | 2010-01-24 | vs MIN | W 31–28 OT | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| P21 | 2010-02-07 | @ IND | W 31–17 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
2008 game log (15 games)
2008 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2008-09-07 | vs TB | W 24–20 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2008-09-21 | @ DEN | L 32–34 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 2008-09-28 | vs SF | W 31–17 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | 2008-10-06 | vs MIN | L 27–30 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2008-10-12 | vs LV | W 34–3 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 2008-10-19 | @ CAR | L 7–30 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | 2008-10-26 | vs LAC | W 37–32 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2008-11-09 | @ ATL | L 20–34 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2008-11-16 | @ KC | W 30–20 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | 2008-11-24 | vs GB | W 51–29 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | 2008-11-30 | @ TB | L 20–23 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | 2008-12-07 | vs ATL | W 29–25 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | 2008-12-11 | @ CHI | L 24–27 OT | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | 2008-12-21 | @ DET | W 42–7 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | 2008-12-28 | vs CAR | L 31–33 | 11 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
2007 game log (16 games)
2007 game log
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Tackles | Sacks | INT | PD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2007-09-06 | @ IND | L 10–41 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2007-09-16 | @ TB | L 14–31 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 2007-09-24 | vs TEN | L 14–31 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 2007-10-07 | vs CAR | L 13–16 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2007-10-14 | @ SEA | W 28–17 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | 2007-10-21 | vs ATL | W 22–16 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | 2007-10-28 | @ SF | W 31–10 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 2007-11-04 | vs JAX | W 41–24 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | 2007-11-11 | vs LA | L 29–37 | 8 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | 2007-11-18 | @ HOU | L 10–23 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 2007-11-25 | @ CAR | W 31–6 | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | 2007-12-02 | vs TB | L 23–27 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | 2007-12-10 | @ ATL | W 34–14 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | 2007-12-16 | vs ARI | W 31–24 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | 2007-12-23 | vs PHI | L 23–38 | 7 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 2007-12-30 | @ CHI | L 25–33 | 5 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 |